OK that makes sense.  Here I was thinking I had control of the bitcoins from that other transaction because they appeared back in my electrum wallet.  I guess not  

Thanks for the help --Encrypted-- and ranochigo  

One more question how do I remove the transaction from my history in electrum or will that happen at some point automatically? 

Tried what you suggested ranochigo.  The server change didn't work. Then coinib came back with this error:  258: txn-mempool-conflict

I'm not sure of the transaction size because I can't find the transaction on the blockchain to tell me.  I went with the default recommended fee from electrum that auto filled in.

Here's what electrum shows for the transaction

Transaction id: ae36695e052cae305a99ea4718df7985320a7c1a45ea29eb8fa99c10fa441c4e

Status: 0 confirmations

Description:

Date: Pending

Amount Sent: 0.03 BTC

Transaction fee: 0.000399 BTC

Input(s) 4

008e1966...3af8e95a:1    18WHaXb4nx6KVVYr523iehpVhTkLRvqAxi
0da0a842...402b998b:0    1NRSrk8U9K978JyLgSkLcJo4Cf23XBJNgX
bd8ad325...0ccc4a51:0    1BPrqKNhyZ7jYxkidAcazvQa2tifuwLJki
d1c9927c...8bb4c194:1    1Cyv2bUVs7eUcmWAvGD1XMGHj7eZki4dsW

Outputs(2)

1FRF1ccWNKFuv83RCcA5G5D2ok4RXdCuy7        0.00096118
1DqV7KqENRXMuMh2HRYWTe5aNptkbgk3mT        0.03      


1DqV7KqENRXMuMh2HRYWTe5aNptkbgk3mT is the wallet I'm sending to.  Not sure how 1FRF1ccWNKFuv83RCcA5G5D2ok4RXdCuy7 comes into play.  I thought maybe there was a lag or wait but it's been almost 12 hours now and I don't see my transaction on the blockchain.  

Sent bitcoins and electrum signed and verified like normal.  Transaction shows under history and unconfirmed status at the bottom.  Problem is the transaction never got broadcast to the blockchain.  

tx ID ae36695e052cae305a99ea4718df7985320a7c1a45ea29eb8fa99c10fa441c4e

I tried updating to lastest client 2.6.4 and restarting program but blockchain shows nothing.  Any ideas?  I am connected I see the green dot on bottom right. 

2 days ago I sent bitcoins from electrum version 2.5.4, but I didn't include a large enough fee so it sat unconfirmed both in electrum and on blockchain.  I learned my lesson there    

After about 24 hours when I opened electrum the bitcoins reappeared in my wallet and the transaction was removed from history.    

What's confusing is I checked blockchain.info the transaction was and is still showing unconfirmed.  So I switched to another electrum server on a whim, and after syncing, the transaction reappeared and the bitcoins were gone from my balance and showing as unconfirmed again in electrum.  

Why does the server I used to send show bitcoins returned to my wallet but other servers that I didn't use to send show bitcoins as missing and unconfirmed?  
Why didn't the blockchain remove the transaction?
And have the bitcoins been returned and I can send them again to same or different bitcoin address?

Tx ID: adec720fb3ee0a0b6513fe92812a44c81580cedb9eb59f51acd05a5193671cd5
server used: ELECTRUM.jdubya.info

Thanks